GeoBoundsRegion
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GeoBoundsRegion
is a two-dimensional GeoGraphics primitive that represents a geo region bounded by parallels latmin, latmax and meridians lonmin, lonmax on the surface of the Earth.
Details
- Latitudes and longitudes can be given as numbers in degrees or as Quantity angles.
- The geo bounds region is taken to cover longitudes from lonmin toward the east until reaching lonmax.
- GeoBoundsRegion[g,δ] for a geo region g and a padding specification δ is equivalent to GeoBoundsRegion[GeoBounds[g,δ]].
Examples
open allclose allBasic Examples (2)Summary of the most common use cases
Scope (3)Survey of the scope of standard use cases
Provide latitudes and longitudes as numbers in degrees:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-62k68d
Provide latitudes and longitudes as Quantity angles:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-615inh
Or using a QuantityArray object with angular unit:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-pvzpy7
Draw the bounding box of a geo region:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-iwvd6k
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-p6zwxn
Use a cylindrical projection, like Mercator, to get a rectangular shape:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-416k74
Add the same padding in all directions:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-0cq03f
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-fgotfj
Applications (1)Sample problems that can be solved with this function
Properties & Relations (6)Properties of the function, and connections to other functions
The range {lonmin,lonmax} of longitudes is taken to have lonmax to the east of lonmin:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-5vm1nx
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-bbndmc
GeoBoundsRegion[g] is equivalent to GeoBoundsRegion[GeoBounds[g]] for a geo region g:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-qryomr
The boundary of a GeoBoundsRegion primitive is given by GeoBoundsRegionBoundary:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-4w8dyk
Sides of a geo bounds region are parallels and meridians, not geodesics:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-xdbf91
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-f9e0r6
The sides of the geo bounds region are rhumb lines:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-w5rx0s
The shape of a geo bounds region depends on the projection being used:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-rv2vtb
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-dtswv5
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-le3zle
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-wvxe38
A geo bounds region reaching latitude 90 or -90 is actually a sector of a geo disk centered at that pole:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-tqfui
Possible Issues (1)Common pitfalls and unexpected behavior
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-1zj6e2
These two maps coincide, even though the locations are reversed:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-06q602
This is because GeoBounds is insensitive to orientation:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-xte5xz
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-z6y1lw
To get the complementary rectangle in longitudes, use the following:
https://wolfram.com/xid/0gft2n7oz2oy-j282kp
Wolfram Research (2015), GeoBoundsRegion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html.
Text
Wolfram Research (2015), GeoBoundsRegion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html.
Wolfram Research (2015), GeoBoundsRegion, Wolfram Language function, https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html.
CMS
Wolfram Language. 2015. "GeoBoundsRegion." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html.
Wolfram Language. 2015. "GeoBoundsRegion." Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Wolfram Research. https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html.
APA
Wolfram Language. (2015). GeoBoundsRegion. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html
Wolfram Language. (2015). GeoBoundsRegion. Wolfram Language & System Documentation Center. Retrieved from https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html
BibTeX
@misc{reference.wolfram_2024_geoboundsregion, author="Wolfram Research", title="{GeoBoundsRegion}", year="2015", howpublished="\url{https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html}", note=[Accessed: 09-January-2025
]}
BibLaTeX
@online{reference.wolfram_2024_geoboundsregion, organization={Wolfram Research}, title={GeoBoundsRegion}, year={2015}, url={https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/GeoBoundsRegion.html}, note=[Accessed: 09-January-2025
]}